From the coffeehouses of Greenwich Village to the stage of Woodstock, folksingers became a powerful cultural force in the 1960s, Mixing music and politics, tradition and innovation, romance and righteousness, these men and women were outspoken voices for their generation, each with a story to tell.

In The Bleecker Street Tapes, a collection of intimate profiles and essays, veteran music journalist Bruce Pollock, a Village resident and clubgoer during its heyday, documents folk music's evolution from passing the hat to topping the charts.

• Dave Van Ronk
• Phil Ochs
• Richie Havens
• Tuli Kupferberg
• Melanie
• Buffy Sainte-Marie
• Eric Andersen
• Peter, Paul & Mary
• Roger McGuinn
• John Sebastian
• Peter Tork
• Maria Muldaur
• Loudon Wainwright III
• Janis Ian
• The Roches
• Harry Chapin
• Suzanne Vega
• Don McLean
• Leonard Cohen